Publications and Conference Papers
We would like to acknowledge the support of the NSF-REU program Award # 1659195 for each of the following publications and conference papers.
Aca Garcia, A. (2021). Finding a Voice: the benefits and impacts of Community-Based Participatory Research in the NSF REU Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities. Paper presented at the International Virtual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), May 26-29, 2021.
See PDF here
Avitia, D. (2021). Documenting Structures: the US Asylum System as a Systematic Deterrence. Paper presented at the International Virtual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), May 26-29, 2021.
See PDF here
Espina, C. (2019). Make them Suffer: How the United States has criminalized and complicated the asylum process of seeking asylum for Central American refugees. Paper presented at the 61 st Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Association for Borderlands Studies Section, San Diego, CA, April 24-27 . Awarded Best Student Paper by the WSSA.
See PDF here
Garcia, K. (2019). The Legal Violence of the "Remain in Mexico" Policy. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Vancouver, BC, November 20-27.
See PDF here
Harvey, N. , Slack, J., Mateo, N., Martin, Z., Garcia, K., Aca Garcia, A., Avitia, D., & McElhone Yates, A. (2023). Searching for Safety and Researching for Justice: Documenting Migrant Experiences in the Paso del Norte Region. Published online (Open Access) in Migration, Displacement and Higher Education. Eds. Brittany Murray, Matthew Brill-Carlat, and Maria Hohn. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
McElhone Yates, A. (2021). Valuing the Undergraduate Research Process: Reflections from Research on Sanctuary Legislation in New Mexico. Paper presented at the International Virtual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), May 26-29, 2021. See PDF here
Ramsey, Brennan. (2022). Constructing and Deconstructing the fear-of-the-other: a theoretical approach to immigration. BA Government, Honors Thesis, New Mexico State University, May 2022. Thesis Adviser: Dr. Sabine Hirschauer. See PDF here
Posters presented at the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Annual REU Symposium
Avitia, D., Garcia, K., Aca Garcia, A., Fuentes, A., Melendez, R. & Castillo, L. (2019) . Deterrence of Hope: Immigration Policies and the Asylum Process in El Paso, Texas. Poster prepared and presented by Daniel Avitia at the Annual REU Symposium, organized by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), Alexandria, VA, October.
See PDF here
Martin, Z., Cortez, K. & Lopez, M. (2018a) .Operation Streamline: Mass Prosecutions in the US Southwest Border Region. Poster prepared and presented by Zaira Martin at the Annual REU Symposium, organized by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), Alexandria, VA.
See PDF here
Collaborative Reports
Brown-Vega, M., Craig, N., Durkin, E., Harvey, N., Navarro Verdugo, D., Ramsey, B., Reyes, F. & Romo, A. T. (2020). The Pains and Profits of Immigrant Imprisonment: Migrant Testimonies for ICE Detention Centers in the El Paso ICE Field Office. Collaborative Report of Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) and Student Participants in the NSF REU Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities. Las Cruces, NM.
See PDF here
Hernandez-Vazquez, E., McElhone Yates, A. & Monsivaiz, I. Sanctuary in New Mexico: Imagining a State-Wide Policy. Final Report of Collaborative Project with the Regional Center for Border Rights of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Las Cruces, of the NSF REU Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities, July 2019.
See PDF here
Community Resources
Elizalde, B., Loredo, E. & Marañón-Laguna, M. (2018) . Right to Asylum under Siege. Frontera Facts, July 11 . El Paso, TX: Hope Border Institute. https://www.hopeborder.org/right-to-asylum-under-siege. Accessed August 6, 2021.
See PDF here
Martin, Z., Cortez, K. & Lopez, M. (2018b). Operation Streamline Observation Manual. Produced in collaboration with the Regional Center for Border Rights, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Las Cruces, NM.
See PDF here